Cancer in Scotland: Action for Change set a target that "by 2005, the maximum wait from urgent referral to treatment for all cancers will be two months."
Breast cancer - period of diagnosis: 1 January - 31 March, 2005
| Number of eligible GP urgent referrals* | Number treated within 2 months (62 days) of referral | % compliance with 2 month urgent referral to treatment target |
| | | |
| Scotland | 365 | 315 | 86.3% |
| | | |
| NOSCAN | 93 | 66 | 71.0% |
| Grampian (includes Shetland) | 31 | 14 | 45.2% |
| Highland | 17 | 15 | 88.2% |
| Orkney | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Tayside | 42 | 35 | 83.3% |
| Western Isles | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| | | |
| SCAN | 109 | 96 | 88.1% |
| Borders | 14 | 14 | 100.0% |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 12 | 12 | 100.0% |
| Fife | 22 | 13 | 59.1% |
| Lothian | 61 | 57 | 93.4% |
| | | |
| WOSCAN | 163 | 153 | 93.9% |
| Argyll & Clyde | 23 | 22 | 95.7% |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 23 | 19 | 82.6% |
| Forth Valley | 6 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Lanarkshire | 32 | 31 | 96.9% |
| Greater Glasgow | 79 | 75 | 94.9% |
*Exclusion categories are: died prior to receiving treatment, refused treatment, patient induced non-clinical delay and co-morbidities